Combined presser-foot and guide for use in embroidering



(ModeL) J. P. ATHERTON.

COMBINED PRESSER FOOT AND GUIDE FOR USE IN EMBROIDERING. No. 363,573. Patented May 24, 1887.

UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFlQE JOHN FRANKLIN ATHERTON, OF PORTLAND, OREGON. V

COMBINED PRESSER-FOOT AND GUIDE FOR USE IN EMBROIDERING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 363,573, dated May 24, 1887.

Application filed February 15, 1886.

To all 2071,0722, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN FRANKLIN ATH- ERTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Portland, in the county of Multnomah and State of Oregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Presser- Foot and Guide for Use in Embroidering; and 1 do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a perspective view of a presser-foot constructed in accordance with my invention, and Fig. 2 a similar view of the under side of the foot.

The present invention has relation to certain new and useful improvements in embroidery attachments for sewingmachines; and the object thereof is to provide means for producing embroidery in chenille, arrasene, tinsel, or tufted work without showing the machinestitch, which is objectionable in the above class of work.

The invention therefore consists in the construction hereinafter described and set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents a presser-foot embodying my invention, which consists in the heart-shaped hole a, through which passes the needle of the sewing-machine. The hole a, which is hollowed out at its sides and on each side back of the center, as shown, to form the heart-shaped hole, allows the arrasene or other goods used to pass by the needle and to act as a guide for the same, to prevent the arrasene or other goods from being caught by the needle, except as required by the operator. The chenille or cord material used is Serial No. 191,977. (Model) pearance of hand-work, and not packing the material down hard, as is frequently. done with other attachments.

The foot A upon its under side is coped out or has a depression, I), immediately back of the needle, to prevent choking of the material.

The foot is provided with an open slot, 0, for the purpose of making it self-th reading.

The heart-shaped or approximately heartshaped opening is of especial importance in allowing the chenille to be thrown upon either side of the needle at the will of the operator, thus throwing the thread across the chenille and hiding it and the stitches. The needle passes directly in front of the nib in the center of the opening, and the flaring guideway b allows the material to be thrown to either side.

\Vhat I claim is- The embroidery attachment for sewing-machines described, which consists of the presserfoot having an approximately heartshaped needleopening, a slot leading to said opening, and flaring cut-away portion 0 upon the under face extending to the opening, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN FRANKLIN ATHERTON. 

